- Stress and anxiety
- Guilt and shame
- Self-esteem work
About Peggy
Peggy Hightower is a Florida-licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) with 14 years of professional experience. She works with adults struggling with stress, anxiety, relationship concerns, self-esteem, motivation, and depression. Peggy lists additional focus areas including communication problems, control issues, forgiveness, guilt and shame, isolation or loneliness, life purpose, and money or financial stress.
Her style is straightforward and practical. She adapts sessions to the person in front of her and shapes conversations around what matters most to the client. Meetings emphasize clear steps to manage day-to-day stress and to strengthen coping skills for anxiety and low mood.
Peggy pays attention to how relationships and life transitions affect mood and confidence. She helps people talk through communication problems and control issues. She also supports clients who are working through guilt, shame, or struggles tied to family and faith.
Work in sessions often includes looking at current habits and patterns, setting small goals, and practicing different ways of responding to stress. Peggy explains options and helps people choose approaches that fit their situation. She encourages gradual changes that feel manageable.
Clients who want to start are asked to complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session. The subscription used for sessions can be canceled at any time, and costs vary with location. Peggy works in English and does not accept international clients at this time.
Evidence-based approaches and online sessions
Peggy uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to help people manage distress and improve coping. One common approach focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and practicing different responses to anxiety and low mood. This helps people notice how thoughts affect feelings and behavior and try clearer, more balanced ways of thinking.Another approach involves skill-building for relationships and communication. Sessions can include rehearsing new ways of speaking, setting boundaries, and handling conflicts more directly so interactions feel less draining and more constructive.
Choosing the right approach is collaborative. Peggy will review the client’s goals, needs, and preferences and suggest techniques that fit. She works with the person to adjust methods over time rather than insisting on one fixed model.
Confirm the current online session options before booking. The profile does not list specific formats, so ask which formats are offered and choose what fits your days and routines. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a lunch break, avoid travel, or have a shorter check-in when time is limited, depending on the formats she provides.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Experience
14+ years
Listed in
Florida
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, relationship concerns, self-esteem, motivation, and depression, plus related issues such as communication problems, forgiveness, and guilt and shame.
How would she approach feelings of guilt or shame?
She uses practical conversations to identify patterns that keep those feelings active and offers small steps to change reactions and beliefs that maintain guilt or shame.
What is her background and experience?
She holds an LCSW and has 14 years of professional work experience in behavioral health settings.
Where is she licensed and where does she practice?
She is licensed as an LCSW in Florida and practices with that credential in the state.
Which languages are supported in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the United States work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How are sessions paid for and what do they cost?
Cost varies with location; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.